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Caption:		Kompong Thom Province, Cambodia. Pheung Sokhin takes notes in her grade 2 class. These children must walk barefoot at least a few kilometers from their home to school. The odds are heavily weighed against them: their parents are illiterate and landmines lie in the surrounding areas. But hunger for knowledge draws them to the wood and thatched building they call school. They learn more than just literature and culture. They learn discipline and to channel their energy to better their lives. To the thatch and wood building World Vision has added five brick and mortar buildings to provide additional classrooms for the children who started coming after World Vision began encouraging parents to send their children to school. Photo by Sanjay Sojwal/World Vision.
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